At a town board meeting on June 23rd in Orangetown, Ronald Bolte of Pearl River was presented with the Frank A. Fornario Sr. Memorial Scholarship Award from the Blauvelt-Orangeburg Republican Club. Bolte graduated from Pearl River high school this year and was a member of various honor societies including Science and Social Studies. He’ll be […]
The Rockland County Legislature met on the evening of June 16th for their regular meeting. The meeting saw several personnel appointments and BFJ Planning’s 2026 Rockland County Comprehensive Plan. There was a scheduled public hearing regarding an amendment to the county charter, though no one signed up to speak. Patrick Frawley has been appointed by […]
The United States, Canada, and Mexico are jointly hosting the World Cup this year. For the rest of the world, the World Cup is a global event on par with the Olympics. After all, soccer – or football – is the most popular sport on the planet. Seemingly, the United States missed the memo on […]
When you see a fire truck on the road, with its lights on and alarm blaring, do you ever imagine it could be going to your house? It very well could be, and in Rockland it is a certainty that whoever is part of the response team from the fire house is a volunteer. Every […]
Many concerned citizens came out to the Orangetown town board on the evening of June ninth to voice their support for a proposed moratorium on the construction of new data centers in Orangetown. The moratorium would apply to all proposals for data center construction that come to Orangetown after it is put in place. It […]
A few weeks ago now, I wrote an opinion piece about the official flag of Rockland County and how I found it lacking. To recap, it’s very busy, shouts what it’s supposed to mean, and doesn’t feel representative of who we are as a community. I felt that an improvement could be made, and I […]